Taylor Leath Season 2018

2018 (Graduate Student): Preseason All-Big Ten … Penn State Classic MVP … American Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team … played in all 118 set and all 32 matches, one of just two players to do so … recorded 292 kills, third on the team, hitting .208 … third on the team in digs 256 for 2.17 per set … added 54 blocks, 15 aces, and 29 assists … recorded 13 matches with double figure kills, including a season-high 21 kills against Purdue (10/27) … recorded five double-doubles on the year, giving her 22 for her career.

2017 (RS Junior – UNC ): Started all 28 matches and 106 sets as a six-rotation outside hitter ... Shouldered an immense amount of responsibility as team captain, due especially to injuries to Julia Scoles and Taylor Borup ... Led Carolina with 337 kills (3.17/s), ranking second with 228 digs and 20 aces to go with 57 blocks ... Recorded 17 double-digit kill matches, nine double-digit dig matches, and six double-doubles ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Sept. 11 after hitting .404 with 27 kills and 12 digs against LSU and tallying 16 kills vs. LIU Brooklyn ... Her 27 kills were the most for a Tar Heel since 2005, setting a new 25-point rally-scoring record ... Hit .442 with 25 kills against NC State (10/18), also in four sets, to cap a six-match double-digit kills streak ... Recorded 10+ kills in 14 of 16 matches from Sept. 2 to Oct. 18 ... Tallied a season-high 16 digs to go with 15 kills against Georgia Tech (11/9) ... Served up three aces against Wake Forest (10/8), then followed with a career-high five aces against Virginia Tech, which tied for fifth-most in a match during the rally-scoring era ... All-ACC Second Team ... AVCA All-East Coast Region Honorable Mention.

2016 (RS Sophomore -UNC): Had a breakout sophomore campaign as a six-rotation outside hitter, earning AVCA Second-Team All-America and ACC Player of the Year ... Named ACC Player of the Week three times and earned National Player of the Week honors from three different outlets ... Led the team with 374 kills, hitting .252 with 299 digs, 70 blocks, 20 assists and 19 service aces ... Named to every all-tournament team, including MVP of the TCU Horned Frog Challenge and the sole Tar Heel on the NCAA Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team ... Recorded 10 double-doubles, three 20-kill matches, and a 20-dig performance ... All three 20-kill matches came against top-10 teams ... Named ACC and FloVolleyball Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after leading UNC to its highest-ranked victory in school history with 23 kills and 19 digs against No. 2 Wisconsin ... One of three Tar Heels with 20 digs against Notre Dame, tallying 23 to go with 15 kills and two aces against the Fighting Irish ... Named ACC, AVCA/Sports Imports and espnW Player of the Week the week of Nov. 7 after hitting .360 with 26 kills and 13 digs in Carolina's comeback win at No. 10 Florida State ... Earned ACC Player of the Week for the third time on Nov. 28 thanks to a 17-kill, 17-dig, 6-block performance against Duke that sealed the ACC title ... Influential in Carolina's memorable victory at No. 9 Penn State, registering 18 kills, 16 digs, four blocks and two aces in front of a hometown crowd ... Went out with a bang, recording 20 kills and 16 digs, hitting .333, in Carolina's four-set loss to No. 8 UCLA at NCAA Regionals.

2015 (RS Freshman - UNC): Appeared in all-but-one match (98 sets), making 10 starts ... Primarily a front row outside hitter but did see time in all six rotations ... Totaled 218 kills, 97 digs, and 56 blocks ... Registered eight double-digit kill matches, including a streak of six straight from Oct. 23-Nov. 8 ... Posted her first career double-double at Boston College on Nov. 8 with 14 kills and 10 digs ... Registered a personal-best 15 kills in four sets against Notre Dame on Nov. 1 ... Had a career day at Clemson, connecting for kills on each of her first 10 swings and finishing the three-set match with 14 kills and a .684 clip, with three blocks and three digs ... Had a personal-best 13 digs to go with seven kills against UNCW on Sept. 11 ... Named UNC's Rookie of the Year as well as earning the Jean E. Kindy Award for perseverance and inspiration.

2014 (Freshman - UNC): Redshirted the 2014 season.

High School: Ranked as the No. 90 overall recruit by PrepVolleyball.com ... Under Armour All-America nominee … Named Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year ... Named to the “Next 35” on PrepVolleyball.com's Top 50 Juniors List ... Did not play junior year due to injury, but was named State College Area High School team captain as a senior and posted 331 kills and 43 aces with a .380 hitting percentage in 72 sets ... Named to the PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 List ... Helped lead team to the District 6 title and to the Class 3A State Championship tournament ... Named Class 3A All-State as a sophomore ... As a freshman helped her team to the District 6 runner-up and was named District 6 All-Independent ... Selected to the Revolution 18s AAU All-Star team as a freshman.